The Ultimate Party Map Making Guide

Party Map Making Guide
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Howdy party people!

This is an in-depth guide on how to make and configure Party maps. All maps must be configured when you submit them. If you need help with something, feel free to reach out to a staff member!

General rules for map making
Because Party is running on 1.16, it's necessary that you build your map on the 1.16 Build server! If you already begun working on your map on an older Build version, you can however convert it.
Maps should always be centered at 0/0.
Unless needed for the theme of your map, keep the time to day.
Try to stick to the size of maps already in rotation.

Rewards
We give map creators rewards for every map that gets accepted into rotation:

• 1 week of global ELITE
• 1h Party booster of choice
• Map creator medal on the forums

Map Configuration
Every Party gamemode must be configured using oak signs (and only oak signs). Below you find a complete list of what is required for each gamemode:


Global elements

Barriers
Players that are not spectating are automatically respawned when they step on a barrier block.

Spawnpoints
Marks a location to be a spawn point.
Some games mark spawnpoints differently, check their specific description!


White wool blocks
Some games have wool blocks as the ground (Red Alert, Block War), and will act as a spawnpoint at the same time. Has other usages for other games as well, see specific description.

Gamepoints
Marks a special location that is in some way needed for the game. Can be the spawnpoint of potions in Potion Drop for example. See specific game descriptions.


Bounds
Marks an area that is in some way needed for the game. You need to place 2 of these signs to mark a bound correctly. Can be the snow area in Spleef for example. See specific game descriptions.


Glassboxes
Marks an area to spawn a glass wall at to prevent people from leaving spawn early. You need to place 2 of these signs to mark a glassbox correctly. You can have multiple glassboxes, due to that you need to give your glassbox an id (even if you just have 1 glassbox!) so they can be matched correctly.


Moving Logs
Only relevant for Frogger and Boat Race. Marks a line of logs that should be moving on the map. You need to place 2 of these signs on either end of the line to mark a moving log row correctly. The signs must align on either x/z-axis to form a line. You can have multiple moving log rows, due to that you need to give your moving log row an id (even if you just have 1 moving log row!) so they can be matched correctly. The blocks in the marked area are also the blocks that will actually move when the game is running, they are not randomly generated!


Player count restrictions
Depending on your map size, it may be a good idea to set limitations. With a sign setup as seen below, you can define a minimum and maximum player count that needs to be met in order to play the map. You can leave out the min/max line if you don't need it.




Race elements

Checkpoints (Normal race games only)
Marks an area as a checkpoint. You need to place 2 of these signs to mark a checkpoint correctly. The area should encompass the entire track so players can not go around it. This is important so people can end the race properly!

Example setup of a checkpoint encompassing the entire track

Since you will need multiple checkpoints, you must give every checkpoint an id so the signs can be matched correctly.

Important: Non-straight race games mark the finish line using a checkpoint setup as well! This is specifically done with the id 0. That means you start with id 1 for the first checkpoint and end with id 0 for the finish.

Finish line (Straight race games only)
Marks the finish line at the location of the sign. You need 2 of those signs to mark a finish line correctly. They need to align on either x/z-axis to form a line. You can place them next to each other, the finish area does not need to be inbetween.



Pair signs
Generic signs with numbers to mark a region. Both signs of a pair must have the same number:



Specific game descriptions

Animal Race
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses checkpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.
Please note that some animals are too small to step up entire blocks, so please always place slabs or stairs in elevation changes.

Item box sign:
Marks a location to spawn an item box at.


Block War
Uses white wool blocks for spawns.
The entire area that should be paintable must be white wool blocks.
Make sure you only have white wool blocks on the paintable ground, not anywhere else like in signs!

Boat Race
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.
Uses straight race finish line signs.
Uses moving log signs.

Bomb Arena
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses bounds signs.

Bouncing Balls
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses a single gamepoint sign to mark the spawn location of snowballs.

Buddy Bounce
Uses bounds signs.
Spawnpoints and point spawns are based on the bounds automatically.

Cake Gunner
Uses spawnpoint signs.

Goal sign:
Marks a goal. Must be placed in the upper left corner of the goal. The goal area must be redstone lamps!


Chicken Game
Uses a single gamepoint sign to mark the spawn location of the arrow spawning the animals.
Uses bounds signs.
Spawnpoints are based on the bounds automatically.

Crafting Chaos
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Your map requires Oak logs, Stone blocks, and Iron blocks to gather resources.

Dead End
Uses bounds signs.
Spawnpoints and the removable ground are based on the bounds automatically.
The ground must be gold blocks.
The bounds signs must be placed at the same height of the ground:


Diamond Mine
Uses bounds signs.
Spawnpoints and the spawning area of ores are based on the bounds automatically.
Your bound signs must encompass the surface and the entire mining area!


Falling Sand
Uses bounds signs.
Spawnpoints and the area to spawn falling sand in are based on the bounds automatically.

Frogger
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.
Uses straight race finish line signs.
Uses moving log signs.

Mob start/end sign (Road sign):
Marks a start/ending location of a mob road. You need two of these signs to mark a road correctly. They need to align on either x/z-axis to form a line. You can have multiple roads, due to that you need to give your road signs an id (even if you just have 1 road!) so they can be matched correctly. Start/end signs are not the same!


Ghast Ball
Uses spawnpoint signs.

Guardian
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses gamepoint signs to mark the spawn locations of the guardians:


Hide & Seek
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses gamepoint signs, mark like this to select what blocks will be used to hide as:


Hot TNT
Uses spawnpoint signs.

Infection
Uses spawnpoint signs.

King of the Hill
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses wool blocks to mark the "hill" where points are given.

Labyrinth
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.
Uses bounds signs to mark the finish.

Lasertag
Uses spawnpoint signs.

Maze Game
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.
Uses straight race finish line signs.

Maze sign:
Marks the area of the maze to be generated in. You need two of these signs to mark a maze correctly. The upper corner should be 6 blocks above the ground, the lower corner should be on the same height as the ground:


Minefield
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.
Uses straight race finish line signs.
To mark the field simply place stone pressure plates everywhere. When the game is loaded, a random amount of them is removed creating random patterns to traverse.

Musical Minecarts
Uses bounds signs.
Spawnpoints and the area to spawn minecarts in are based on the bounds automatically.

One in the Chamber
Uses spawnpoint signs.

Paint Match
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses white wool blocks to mark the paintable area.

Potion Drop
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses Gamepoint sign.

Riptide
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses checkpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.

Potion Drop
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses a single gamepoint sign to mark the spawning location of potions.

Rainbow Jump
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.
Uses straight race finish line signs.

Red Alert
Uses white wool to mark the ground that is disintegrating.
Spawnpoints are based on the wool locations automatically.
Make sure you only have white wool blocks on the paintable ground, not anywhere else like in signs!

Red Light, Green Light
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.
Uses straight race finish line signs.
Uses wool blocks for traffic lights.

Sheep Shearer
Uses a single gamepoint sign to mark the spawn location of the arrow spawning the animals.
Uses bounds signs.
Spawnpoints are based on the bounds automatically.

Smash
Uses spawnpoint signs.

Smoke Monster
Doesn't use any sign config.
The map must be centered at 0/0 where the smoke spawns.
Smoke arms spawn at y level 63.
Spawnpoints are randomly selected in a 30 block radius around the center.
The arms of the smoke monster are also 30 blocks long, don't make your map smaller/larger.

Snowball Fight
Uses spawnpoint signs.

Spleef
Uses bounds signs.
Spawnpoints are based on the bounds automatically.
The ground must be snow blocks.
The bounds signs must be placed at the same height of the ground:


Wheres Wally
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses white wool blocks to mark a spawn location of a villager.
You can spawn up to 40 villagers.
Do not use white wool blocks in your building anywhere!


Wipeout
Important: Track must face south
Uses spawnpoint signs.
Uses glassbox signs.
Uses straight race finish line signs.
Uses pair signs for each wall to mark their location. Place them on top of each end:

Uses one gamepoint sign with "ground" on the second line to mark the ground level (optional, otherwise defauls to 74):


Wool-Mix-Up
Uses bounds signs.
Spawnpoints are based on the bounds automatically.
The bounds signs must be placed at the same height of the ground:



That's the end of a long thread, happy map making!